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		<title>Rob Day Joins Black Coral Capital</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rob Day has joined Black Coral Capital, a private equity firm focused on clean energy technologies, as a partner. He previously was with @Ventures and, before that, was with Expansion Capital Partners.
Rob also writes a cleantech investing blog for Greentech Media.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Rob Day</strong> has joined <strong>Black Coral Capital</strong>, a private equity firm focused on clean energy technologies, as a partner. He previously was with @Ventures and, before that, was with Expansion Capital Partners.</p>
<p>Rob also writes a <a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/cleantech-investing/" target="_blank">cleantech investing blog</a> for Greentech Media.</p>
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		<title>Ricketts, Tribune Reach Deal for Chicago Cubs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Ricketts family has reached a deal to buy the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team from bankrupt media company Tribune Co for slightly less than the original $900 million bid, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday.
&#8220;There is a deal between the Ricketts and Tribune Co,&#8221; said the source, who [...]<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Ricketts, Tribune Reach Deal for Chicago Cubs", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43819/ricketts-tribune-reach-deal-for-chicago-cubs/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.pehub.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//cubbies.bmp"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-29405" title="cubbies" src="http://www.pehub.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads//cubbies.bmp" alt="" width="151" height="126" /></a>CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Ricketts family has reached a deal to buy the storied Chicago Cubs baseball team from bankrupt media company Tribune Co for slightly less than the original $900 million bid, a source familiar with the deal said on Monday.</p>
<p>&#8220;There is a deal between the Ricketts and Tribune Co,&#8221; said the source, who asked not to be identified because the agreement has not been announced.</p>
<p>Spokesmen for Ricketts and Tribune Co were not immediately available to comment.</p>
<p>The Ricketts family, led by Chicago investment banker Tom Ricketts, agreed in January to buy the team, its home park of Wrigley Field and a stake in a regional sports cable TV network for $900 million.</p>
<p>&#8220;The terms are very similar,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;It&#8217;s slightly less than that.&#8221;</p>
<p>A final deal had been held up by disagreements over the value of Cubs&#8217; broadcast contracts and other items, as well as the Ricketts arranging their financing for the purchase.</p>
<p>Earlier this month, Tribune had reopened talks with private equity investors Marc Utay and Leo Hindery in a move that some analysts saw as a way to pressure Ricketts into settling on terms desired by the media company.</p>
<p>(Reporting by Ben Klayman, editing by Matthew Lewis)</p>
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		<title>PAI Takes Hit as Lenders Wrestle Control of Monier</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[LONDON (Reuters) - A consortium of three debt investors has won control of French roofing materials group Monier, forcing previous owner PAI Partners to take a 256 million euro ($358 million) hit.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LONDON (Reuters) - A consortium of three debt investors has won control of French roofing materials group Monier, forcing previous owner PAI Partners to take a 256 million euro ($358 million) hit.</p>
<p>Apollo Management [APOLO.UL], TowerBrook and York Capital secured the backing of Monier&#8217;s senior lenders at the end of last week, a spokeswoman for Monier said on Monday.</p>
<p>The senior lenders will take all of the shares in Monier &#8212; which struggled to pay its debt as earnings collapsed over the past year &#8212; in exchange for halving the company&#8217;s 1.9 billion euro debt load before the end of the year.</p>
<p>The consortium&#8217;s aggressive &#8220;loan to own&#8221; strategy in facing down the owners may encourage other debt investors as they look to profit from restructuring heavily-indebted companies, often owned by private equity houses.</p>
<p>Reuters reported last week that Monier&#8217;s senior lenders were confident their proposal would be accepted despite a last-minute bid from junior lenders to block the proposal. [ID:nLQ625931]</p>
<p>Previous owner Lafarge (LAFP.PA) retained a 35 percent holding in Monier when PAI Partners bought the group for 2.4 billion euros in 2007, but will lose its stake.</p>
<p>Monier&#8217;s debt load will be cut to about 700 million euros of senior debt and 300 million of payment in kind loans, where interest payments can be delayed.</p>
<p>Senior lenders have also agreed to provide the company with a new 150 million euro credit line, as well as slashing the interest rate the company has to pay on senior debt.</p>
<p>The new capital structure allows Monier to keep more debt on its balance sheet than would be the case if it paid normal market rates, a point made by junior lenders when they made their unsuccessful late bid to block the deal. (Reporting by Tom Freke; Editing by Dan Lalor) ($1 = 0.7154 euro) </p>
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		<title>WHEB Ventures Raising Third Fund</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WHEB Venture Partners, a European VC firm focused on cleantech, has raised £90 million for its second fund, and plans to close on a total of £150 million by year-end. <script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "WHEB Ventures Raising Third Fund", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43815/wheb-ventures-raising-third-fund/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>WHEB Venture Partners</strong>, a European VC firm focused on cleantech, has raised £90 million for its second fund, and plans to close on a total of £150 million by year-end.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #888888;">PRESS RELEASE</span></strong></p>
<p>WHEB Ventures (WHEB), one of Europe’s leading clean technology specialist venture capital firms and the first dedicated clean technology VC firm with offices in London and Munich, today announces the third closing of its second clean technology fund, WHEB Ventures Private Equity 2 LP, at £90 million (€105 million). WHEB’s target for this fund’s final closing is £150 million (€175 million) by the end of this year.</p>
<p>The fund, which has already attracted substantial support from family offices, high net worth individuals and financial institutions, now also counts among its investors the ERP-EIF Fund of Funds and the LfA-EIF Fund of Funds which between them have invested £21 million (€25 million). These are two German state funds of funds managed by the European Investment Fund (EIF).</p>
<p>Simultaneously, WHEB has expanded its office in Munich, Germany, with existing Partner Jörg Sperling being joined by Alexander Domin as an Associate and Thilo von Selchow and Dr Mike Mattner as Venture Partners.</p>
<p>Domin joins from Boston Consulting Group and holds a PhD in chemical engineering from Cambridge University. He was formerly the Co-Founder and a Director of ENVAL LTD, a technology company developed for the treatment of packaging waste in Cambridge, UK. He also holds B.S. (hons.) and M.S. degrees in Biological Sciences from Stanford University in California.</p>
<p>Dr. Mattner has considerable experience in the clean technology sector, completing his PhD in chemistry under the former Chair of the Nobel Prize winner E.O. Fischer at TU München. He has wide experience in business management as well as technology transfer and previously managed the financing and business model of Europe’s biggest technology project, the Galileo satellite navigation program.</p>
<p>Von Selchow is CEO and President of ZMD AG, a fast growing global provider of analogue mixed signal semiconductors which he turned around during the last decade. His extensive business experience together with his deep knowledge of micro electronics, which is playing an increasing role in driving the development of new clean technology energy efficiency products, will add considerable value to WHEB.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Max-Arnold Köttgen has also been appointed to WHEB’s Advisory Board. Köttgen has an impressive track record in the clean technology sector, particularly in the areas of waste and recycling. He was formerly the CEO of OTTO Group Europe, the largest producer of waste containers in Europe.</p>
<p>James McNaught-Davis, WHEB’s Managing Partner, said: “For some time we have been surprised that there was no cleantech specialist venture capital firm on the ground in Germany, Europe’s second largest market for cleantech venture and growth capital after the UK. Our pioneering move into the German market has now been vindicated by this strong support from EIF and the German Federal and Bavarian States through the ERP-EIF Dachfonds and the LfA-EIF Dachfonds. We are especially pleased to have been able to attract such high calibre businessmen to our team in Germany and we are very excited about the potential returns to our fund investors of our German strategy.”</p>
<p>Dörte Höppner, CEO of BVK (the German Venture Capital Association) welcomed WHEB Ventures as a new member this week and confirms that WHEB Ventures is their first international member focused exclusively on cleantech.</p>
<p>Jörg Sperling said &#8220;With this closing and the enlarged team in Munich, we now have both sufficient capital and the best possible people in place to take full advantage of our strong, high quality cleantech deal flow in Germany.”</p>
<p>Portfolio News</p>
<p>Existing WHEB Fund 2 investments include AMCS (www.amcsgroup.com) in Limerick, Ireland which provides its integrated technology solution to waste haulers in Ireland, Scandinavia, the UK and now the USA, to enable them to transform their operational efficiency and facilitate municipal responses to land fill regulation. AMCS recently secured a contract with SITA UK (a subsidiary of Suez Environnement S.A.) worth £8 to £10 million (€9 to 12 million) to install its product in several hundred commercial refuse collection trucks.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Watson Brown (www.wb-hsm.com) , a rubber devulcanisation and recycling company in which WHEB invested £2.18 million last year, is installing its proprietary reprocessing equipment at its first facility in Berlin.<br />
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<p>Further Information:</p>
<p>WHEB Ventures: James McNaught-Davis +44 (0) 207 299 4141</p>
<p>www.whebventures.com</p>
<p>Media: New Century Media (Charlie Methven or Ashleigh Lezard) on +44 (0) 207 930 8033<br />
Notes to Editors</p>
<p>1. The European Recovery Programme (ERP)-EIF Dachfonds is a €500 million (£428 million) fund of funds investing in VC funds focused on high-tech early stage companies based in Germany. The EIF manages the facility on behalf of the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) and the ERP. The Landes für Afbau Förderbank Bayern (LfA)-EIF Dachfonds is a €50 million (£42 million) fund of funds investing in VC funds targeting Bavaria. The EIF manages the facility on behalf of the LfA Förderbank Bayern, the promotional bank of the Free State of Bavaria.</p>
<p>2. WHEB Ventures was founded in 2002 when Ben Goldsmith teamed up with Rob Wylie and Kim Heyworth to create the first venture capital firm in the UK to focus exclusively on clean technology. WHEB Ventures (www.whebventures.com) raised its first fund of £24 million in May 2005.</p>
<p>3. Clean technology is an investment theme which spans numerous industrial sectors and a diverse range of products, services and processes that reduce or eliminate negative environmental impact, improve the productive and responsible use of natural resources, while providing superior performance at lower cost.</p>
<p>4. WHEB Ventures has completed ten investments to date across its two funds. The firm has five partners:</p>
<p>5. James McNaught-Davis was previously a Partner at Advent and Warburg Pincus. Prior to his 13 years in venture capital, he was a senior executive of Misys PLC, a globally diversified software business listed on the London stock exchange. Before graduating from Wharton Business School in the US, James had begun his career in investment banking with Schroders (project finance) and Merrill Lynch (equity capital markets). He has an MA Hons. from Cambridge University as well as an MBA from Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania).</p>
<p>6. Dr Rob Wylie spent ten years in Shell’s agrochemical business before gaining twenty years’ experience in the clean technology sector with Rothschild’s Bioscience Unit, KPMG and WHEB. He is an active participant on advisory boards for government and universities. He has an MA Hons. and PhD in chemistry from Cambridge University and a post doctorate from Geneva University.</p>
<p>7. Kim Heyworth is an experienced board adviser to both the UK government and to various industry leaders, with over 15 years of cleantech and investment experience working as KPMG’s global chairman of Strategic Services and Environmental Practices. He holds an MA from Trinity College in Dublin.</p>
<p>8. Ben Goldsmith began his career at private client brokerage firm Hargreave-Hale before spending two years as part of a group of private investors backing clean technology businesses at an early stage of their development. In 2002, Ben co-founded WHEB Ventures with Rob Wylie and Kim Heyworth.</p>
<p>9. Prior to joining WHEB in 2008, Jörg Sperling was active in the clean technology investment area for almost two years as a Venture Partner with Munich based VC firm, Target Partners. Previously he was one of four partners at the US-based power and energy private equity firm, Ridgewood Capital. Jörg has also been active in operational roles for various semi-conductor companies in Europe and the US, his most recent role being Global VP Sales for Dresden-based ZMD, which provides silicon components for sensor systems in automotive, industrial and medical markets.</p>
<p>10. The two Venture Partners, Thilo Von Selchow and Dr. Mike Mattner, will help WHEB, on a part time basis, to identify and evaluate potential investments and act as advisers or independent directors for portfolio companies.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Energy Investors Funds has acquired the largest equity stake in Astoria Energy II LLC, a company created to develop, construct, own and operate a new natural gas-fired power plant in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. No financial terms were disclosed.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "EIF Buys Into Astoria Power Plant", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43813/eif-buys-into-astoria-power-plant/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Energy Investors Funds</strong> has acquired the largest equity stake in <strong>Astoria Energy II LLC</strong>, a company created to develop, construct, own and operate a new natural gas-fired power plant in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. No financial terms were disclosed.</p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #888888;">PRESS RELEASE</span></strong><br />
Energy Investors Funds (“EIF”), an established private equity fund manager that invests in the U.S. energy and electric power sector, today announced that its United States Power Fund III, L.P. (“USPF III”) has closed an investment in Astoria Energy II LLC (“Astoria Energy II”), a limited liability company created to develop, construct, own and operate a new natural gas-fired power plant in Astoria, Queens Borough, New York City. USPF III will own the largest equity stake, in terms of percentage, in the project. Other financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.</p>
<p>In July 2008, Astoria Energy II was awarded a 20-year tolling agreement by the New York Power Authority (“NYPA”), a New York State public authority, for the supply of energy and capacity from an approximately 550 MW combined cycle thermal power plant located at the Astoria site. Construction has commenced and is expected to be completed by Summer 2011. Once completed, the new facility will provide electrical power for NYPA’s customers, which include several major governmental customers in the metropolitan area.</p>
<p>“We’re very excited to be a lead investor in Astoria Energy II, which we have backed since its inception,” said Andrew Schroeder, Senior Partner at EIF. “This project enjoys tremendous support from New York state and city officials because it will provide cleaner energy at a lower price to NYPA’s customers. With its long-term tolling agreement, Astoria Energy II perfectly fits the profile of our investment strategy and we look forward to helping see it through to completion.”</p>
<p>“EIF has been an excellent strategic and financial partner throughout this process and we’re thrilled to have closed the transaction,” said Chuck McCall, Chief Executive Officer of Astoria Energy II. “It’s a credit to the project that it was able to attract such a high level of quality sponsor backing.”</p>
<p>The other equity partners in Astoria Project Partners II LLC are: SNC-Lavalin Generation Inc., SUEZ Energy Astoria II, LLC, a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc., and JEMB Astoria II, LLC.</p>
<p>Approximately $1 billion in financing for the project has been closed with 13 international financial institutions jointly led by Natixis, WestLB AG, Export Development Canada, Calyon, Societe Generale Americas Securities, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Union Bank NA.</p>
<p>About Energy Investors Funds</p>
<p>EIF was founded in 1987 as the first private equity fund manager dedicated exclusively to the independent power and electric utility industry. Its consistent, proven investment strategy is to create geographically and technologically diversified portfolios of electric power-related assets that provide superior risk-adjusted equity returns with current cash flow and capital appreciation. As an investment manager, EIF seeks to mitigate commodity risk (fuel and electricity) by focusing primarily on acquiring power assets with long-term off-take contracts. EIF has mobilized over $3.4 billion in capital raised in seven funds, and currently manages four private equity funds from its offices in Boston, New York, and San Francisco. These funds have made over 100 diversified investments with a combined underlying asset value exceeding $7 billion. EIF controls 4,000 MW of operating power assets with another 2,200 MW of power assets under development or construction. For more information visit www.eif.com.</p>
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		<title>Intermedix Adds On</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Intermedix Corp., provider of billing services to emergency medical service providers in Texas, has acquired Alexander Billing and Consulting, a San Antonio-based provider of EMS billing services. No financial terms were disclosed. Intermedix is a portfolio company of Parthenon Capital.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Intermedix Adds On", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43810/intermedix-adds-on/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Intermedix Corp.</strong>, provider of billing services to emergency medical service providers in Texas, has acquired <strong>Alexander Billing and Consulting</strong>, a San Antonio-based provider of EMS billing services. No financial terms were disclosed. Intermedix is a portfolio company of <strong>Parthenon Capital</strong>.</p>
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<p>Intermedix Corporation, the leading provider of technology-based business services to emergency providers, announced today it has acquired the assets of Alexander Billing and Consulting, Inc. (“Alexander”) of San Antonio, Texas.</p>
<p>Alexander has provided EMS billing for medical transportation companies for more than 10 years and currently serves clients in Texas, Louisiana, Wisconsin, and Nevada. Rachael Waldinger, the President of Alexander, will continue to lead the San Antonio office as a Regional Vice President of Intermedix EMS division.</p>
<p>Doug Shamon, CEO of Intermedix Corporation commented, “Air and non-emergency ground medical transportation accounts for 70% of Alexander’s business. These important segments of the pre-hospital EMS delivery system represent less than 10% of Intermedix EMS business. This combination greatly enhances our skill, experience, and knowledge in air medical and non-emergency ground transportation billing and will provide Alexander clients access to Intermedix superior technology. We plan to make further investments to tailor our technology to provide best-in-class support for air medical and non-emergency providers. We are pleased to welcome the people and clients of Alexander to Intermedix.”</p>
<p>About Intermedix Corporation</p>
<p>Intermedix (<a href="http://www.intermedix.com">www.intermedix.com</a>) helps fund and support our nation’s emergency safety net - emergency physicians, hospital emergency departments, and 911-emergency responders. We engineer advanced technologies into our business processes to meet incident documentation requirements, realize revenue potential, and provide advanced informatics to our customers. Our solutions are designed for performance and compliance, allowing our customers to focus on saving lives and promoting healthy recoveries from accidents and illnesses.</p>
<p>Intermedix serves the emergency physician and hospital emergency department market through its subsidiary EPBS-Intermedix, the emergency medical services (ambulance) market through its subsidiary ADPI-Intermedix, and the fire response market through its subsidiary Revenue Rescue-Intermedix. The Company also provides a state of the art, hosted electronic patient care reporting solution under the brand names TripTix®Mobile and TripTix® Web Intermedix has clients throughout the United States and has collected billions of dollars for its clients since its founding.</p>
<p>Falcon Capital Partners, LLC (Falcon) provided transaction advisory services to Intermedix in this transaction. Falcon is a middle market healthcare and technology focused investment bank based in Radnor, Pennsylvania.</p>
<p>This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the &#8220;safe harbor&#8221; provision of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. While these statements represent our best current judgment, they are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to vary. These statements may involve risks and uncertainties. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emdeon, a provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, has acquired eRx Network LLC, a provider of electronic pharmacy healthcare solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Emdeon is in registration for a $460 million IPO, and is backed by General Atlantic and Hellman &#038; Friedman. <script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Emdeon Adds On", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43808/emdeon-adds-on/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Emdeon</strong>, a provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions for the healthcare industry, has acquired <strong>eRx Network LLC</strong>, a provider of electronic pharmacy healthcare solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Emdeon is in registration for a $460 million IPO, and is backed by <strong>General Atlantic</strong> and <strong>Hellman &amp; Friedman</strong>.</p>
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Emdeon, a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, today announced the acquisition of eRx Network, LLC (&#8221;eRx&#8221;), a premier provider of electronic pharmacy healthcare solutions. The transaction combines Emdeon&#8217;s existing pharmacy operations with eRx&#8217;s expanding customer base, reputation for product innovation, customer support and advanced pharmacy switching technology. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.</p>
<p>Founded in 2001 by industry veteran Mark Lyle and pharmacy enterprise software provider PDX, Inc., eRx has established broad-based leadership in pharmacy claims management and ePrescribing, accompanied by innovative technology products and services. eRx is also a leader in the government sector, where it processes pharmacy-based claims for Medicare / Medicaid durable medical equipment (DME) and flu vaccinations. In connection with the acquisition, Emdeon, PDX, Inc. and eRx entered into a long term extension and expansion of the strategic relationship that has been in place between eRx and PDX since eRx&#8217;s founding.</p>
<p>&#8220;We are delighted to combine our pharmacy business with eRx,&#8221; said George Lazenby, chief executive officer of Emdeon. &#8220;The combination of their innovative suite of products and services and talented management team will serve to accelerate our efforts towards providing solutions to our pharmacy customers. Perhaps most exciting, the combined organization will enjoy a significant presence in ePrescribing, one of the fastest growing sectors in healthcare transaction processing.&#8221;</p>
<p>ePrescribing connectivity (prescriber/pharmacy/payer) has emerged as a high priority healthcare industry initiative with a demonstrated ability to improve patient safety, reduce administrative costs and increase efficiencies. Recent federal initiatives promoting ePrescribing include significant financial incentives and grants to accelerate both physician utilization and the implementation of electronic health records with ePrescribing functionality(1). In combination with these initiatives and broader commercial recognition, industry sources project that ePrescribing will accelerate considerably in the coming years.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is an exciting time to be in the pharmacy services business and in healthcare overall,&#8221; commented Mark Lyle, chief executive officer of eRx who has been named Senior Vice President of Emdeon&#8217;s combined pharmacy services operation. &#8220;Our relentless focus on delivering value for our customers has enabled eRx to thrive as a standalone innovator, but this is the right time to align our pharmacy-centric platform with Emdeon&#8217;s reach across all healthcare sectors. We are confident that Emdeon&#8217;s resources will allow our combined operations to accelerate new product introductions that will continue driving greater efficiency for our customers and across healthcare.&#8221;</p>
<p>The new combined operation, to be called eRx Network, an Emdeon Company, will provide pharmacies and healthcare constituents with integrated tools for managing efficiency and profitability through innovative claims management, business intelligence and network infrastructure. By leveraging the capabilities inherent in Emdeon&#8217;s data and network assets, Emdeon will combine eRx&#8217;s advanced technology and range of services with its existing suite of pharmacy solutions to form an expanded pharmacy services operation with the same reliability and customer service that is eRx&#8217;s hallmark.</p>
<p>&#8220;By providing expanded pharmacy solutions at this crucial time for our industry, Emdeon is further demonstrating its commitment to making healthcare more efficient. We look forward to working with eRx, our customers and the rest of the industry to create meaningful improvements as the healthcare reform process continues to unfold,&#8221; Lazenby said.</p>
<p>About eRx Network, LLC</p>
<p>eRx is a premier provider to the U.S. pharmacy industry of a secure, reliable and performance oriented network for electronic transaction applications. eRx provides a number of productivity enhancing services including fast, secure switching of third party claims, eligibility services, value-proven pre- and post-editing, claims reconciliation, resubmission services, electronic prescribing solutions, Medicare/Medicaid DME billing, Medicare Flu billing, Medicare denial management services, and Medicare/Medicaid eligibility verification.</p>
<p>About Emdeon</p>
<p>Emdeon is a leading provider of revenue and payment cycle management solutions, connecting payers, providers and patients in the U.S. healthcare system. Our product and service offerings integrate and automate key business and administrative functions of our payer and provider customers throughout the patient encounter. Through the use of Emdeon&#8217;s comprehensive suite of products and services, which are designed to easily integrate with existing technology infrastructures, customers are able to improve efficiency, reduce costs, increase cash flow and more efficiently manage the complex revenue and payment cycle process. Emdeon is owned by General Atlantic LLC and Hellman &amp; Friedman LLC. For more information, visit www.emdeon.com.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[i2, a UK-based provider of intelligence and investigation management software, has agreed to acquire Tucson, Ariz.-based Knowledge Computing Corp. No financial terms were disclosed. i2 is a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners, while Knowledge Computing raised a small amount of VC funding from firms like Primus Management and Diamond State Ventures.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "i2 Merging with Knowledge Computing", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43806/i2-merging-with-knowledge-computing/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>i2</strong>, a UK-based provider of intelligence and investigation management software, has agreed to acquire Tucson, Ariz.-based <strong>Knowledge Computing Corp. </strong>No financial terms were disclosed. i2 is a portfolio company of Silver Lake Partners, while Knowledge Computing raised a small amount of VC funding from firms like Primus Management and Diamond State Ventures.</p>
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<p>i2, the premier global provider of intelligence and investigation management software, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Knowledge Computing Corporation (KCC), makers of the award winning analysis software COPLINK®.</p>
<p>Prior to the merger, both i2 and KCC were independently solid companies and now have joined together to create an even stronger entity. Since 1998, Tucson based KCC has provided its technology-based crime-fighting product COPLINK® to thousands of leading edge law enforcement agencies for crime-fighting operations nationwide. Within this past quarter, KCC continued to successfully build out its law enforcement footprint throughout the states of California and North Carolina. In addition, they expanded the capabilities of COPLINK® with the addition of a new Facial Recognition module.</p>
<p>i2 continues to stay ahead of the technology curve having launched i2 Analyst’s Notebook 8, which is a part of the i2 Intelligence-Led Operations Platform - a powerful new analytical and visualisation software platform enabling law enforcement, government, military, intelligence and commercial organisations to proactively solve, deter, prevent, predict and disrupt the world’s most sophisticated criminal and terrorist threats.</p>
<p>The new company will have 350 global employees and support a combined 4,500 public and private sector clients in 149 countries. Robert Griffin, formerly CEO of KCC, will serve as CEO of the newly combined company and will lead the existing i2 senior management team. “The merger between i2 and KCC not only strengthens business operations across core markets but, more importantly, is one that we believe will spur tremendous innovation that benefits our global customer base,” notes Griffin, who joined KCC in 2002. “With i2’s proven track record delivering intelligence analysis and visualisation solutions to public safety, military, national security and commercial organisations coupled with KCC’s unmatched experience serving the law enforcement market, we believe the newly combined firm is ideally positioned to meet the growing demand for solutions that address an increasingly complex global threat environment.”</p>
<p>The transaction strategically aligns the two organisations’ complementary global resources and furthers i2’s mission to deliver innovative software solutions that support intelligence-led operations across public safety, military, national security and commercial organisations. Under terms of the merger agreement, the new entity will be called i2 and continue to have primary operations in the United Kingdom (Cambridge) and the United States (McLean, VA and Tucson, AZ).</p>
<p>About i2<br />
Founded in 1990, i2 is the leading provider of intelligence and investigation management software for public safety, military, national security and commercial organisations. The Intelligence-Led Operations Platform launched in May, enables analysts and investigators to quickly understand complex scenarios and volumes of seemingly unrelated data, perform analysis and communicate the results. More than 2,000 organisations in over 115 countries rely on i2 road-tested technology to prevent crime and terrorism by uncovering hidden connections faster and making the right decision at the right time.</p>
<p>About KCC<br />
About Knowledge Computing Corporation<br />
Since its formation in 1998, Knowledge Computing Corp. has provided technology-based crime-fighting solutions to leading edge law enforcement agencies nationwide. COPLINK supports over 3,000 jurisdictions nationwide. Spanning across 20 states, and including four of the nation&#8217;s five largest cities, COPLINK is helping law enforcement officers fight crime, thwart terrorism and improve community safety through comprehensive information sharing.</p>
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		<title>Proliance Files for Bankruptcy, Plans Sale</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Reuters) - Auto parts supplier Proliance International Inc (PLI.A) filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Thursday and said it agreed to sell all its U.S. assets to Centrum Equities XV LLC for $21.5 million.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(Reuters) - Auto parts supplier Proliance International Inc (PLI.A) filed for bankruptcy protection in a Delaware court Thursday and said it agreed to sell all its U.S. assets to Centrum Equities XV LLC for $21.5 million.</p>
<p>The company, which makes aftermarket heat exchange and temperature control products, said the sale would be supervised by the bankruptcy court.</p>
<p>Proliance said the filing does not include its non-U.S. entities or operations.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have done everything possible to obtain a refinancing or to carry out our sale of the business since February 2008, when tornados destroyed our Southaven, Mississippi warehouse and much of the inventory,&#8221; Charles Johnson, chief executive of Proliance, said in a statement.</p>
<p>&#8220;However, the condition of the financial markets has made it impossible to find a viable financing package outside bankruptcy.&#8221;</p>
<p>In documents filed with the court, Proliance listed assets in the range of $50 million to $100 million and liabilities in the range of $100 million to $500 million.</p>
<p>Proliance operates about 35 locations across 17 states in the United States, according to the company&#8217;s website.</p>
<p>The case is In re: Proliance International Inc, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware No. 09-12278. (Reporting by Santosh Nadgir in Bangalore; Editing by Gopakumar Warrier)</p>
<p><em>peHUB Note: Centrum&#8217;s financial partner on the deal would be Wynnchurch Capital</em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Access Intelligence LLC, a Rockville, Md-based B2B information and marketing company backed by , has acquired Contexo Media, a Salt Lake City-based provider of medical coding and reimbursement books and software to the medical billing industry. No financial terms were disclosed. Access Intelligence is a portfolio company of Veronis Suhler Stevenson.<script type="text/javascript">SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Access Intelligence Buys Contexo Media", url: "http://www.pehub.com/43802/access-intelligence-buys-contexo-media/" });</script>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Access Intelligence LLC</strong>, a Rockville, Md-based B2B information and marketing company backed by , has acquired <strong>Contexo Media</strong>, a Salt Lake City-based provider of medical coding and reimbursement books and software to the medical billing industry. No financial terms were disclosed. Access Intelligence is a portfolio company of <strong>Veronis Suhler Stevenson</strong>.</p>
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<p>Access Intelligence LLC announced today the acquisition of Contexo Media (<a href="http://www.contexomedia.com">www.contexomedia.com</a>), expanding its portfolio into the growing healthcare management industry within two niche markets: medical coding and case management.</p>
<p>Contexo Media is a business-to-business information provider that delivers medical coding and reimbursement books and software to the medical billing industry (<a href="http://www.codingbooks.com">www.codingbooks.com</a>). Located in Salt Lake City, UT, Contexo Media’s products and services reach thousands of health and human services professionals in various formats including, books, software, online tools, newsletters, educational workshops and conferences. Contexo also serves the medical case manager market through its Dorland Health division, (<a href="http://www.dorlandhealth.com">www.dorlandhealth.com</a>), a nationally recognized leader in delivering healthcare business information for the past 50 years. Dorland Health publishes Case in Point magazine for medical professionals in case management.</p>
<p>The acquisition of Contexo Media fits within Access Intelligence’s strategic plan to invest in high-value subscription information products and services in well-defined strategic markets. Similar to Access Intelligence’s entrance into the energy industry, the Contexo products establish strong positions in the medical billing and case management markets that will serve as the corner stone for future product development and acquisition. Contexo Media’s vast online presence, including Code-It-Right Online, e-learning, webinars and e-letters is also synergistic with Access Intelligence’s goal of producing robust online communities within each market it serves.</p>
<p>“We find the medical coding and case management products the hallmark of the highest-quality found in the marketplace,” said Don Pazour, president and CEO of Access Intelligence. “We’re excited to employ our best-of-breed content and sales and marketing solutions to build market share and mind share within the community.”</p>
<p>Contexo Media, a new division of Access Intelligence, will be overseen by Heather Farley, president of AI&#8217;s Business Information group.</p>
<p>About Access Intelligence<br />
Access Intelligence (<a href="http://www.accessintel.com">www.accessintel.com</a>), a portfolio company of Veronis Suhler Stevenson, is a b-to-b media and information company headquartered in Rockville, Md., serving the energy, defense, healthcare management, chemical, satellite, aviation, cable, media and public relations markets. Leading brands include The Energy Daily, Defense Daily, CableFAX Daily, PR News, Media Industry Newsletter, and Aircraft Value News newsletters; Defense Daily Network, AviationToday, Cable360 and Studio Daily Web sites; Power, Chemical Engineering and Via Satellite magazines; and Electric Power, Satellite 2009, Energy Ocean, Offshore Communications tradeshows. Access Intelligence also produces executive conferences for the energy, defense, media, cable and PR markets.</p>
<p>About Veronis Suhler Stevenson (VSS)<br />
VSS (<a href="http://www.vss.com">www.vss.com</a>) is a private equity and mezzanine capital fund management company dedicated to investing in the information, education and media industries in North America and Europe. VSS provides capital for buyouts, recapitalizations, growth financings and strategic acquisitions to companies and management teams with a goal to build companies both organically and through a focused add-on acquisition program. To date, VSS equity and mezzanine funds have invested in 63 platform companies, which have in turn completed over 280 add-on acquisitions resulting in a portfolio with realized and unrealized enterprise values totaling over $14 billion.</p>
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